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Primary Energy Production, 2022

Figures for 2022, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Energy Production, 2022 covers 204 countries on 2 measures. China is highest, at 124.064050; Montserrat is lowest, at 0.000007. The middle country reads 0.089639. Against 2021, 189 values changed (115 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 2022

HighestChina

124.064050

LowestMontserrat

0.000007

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Primary Energy Production, 2022, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 204 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Energy Production, 2022: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia124.064050153.382754
United StatesUSANorthern America98.74112194.944669
RussiaRUSEastern Europe61.01459332.954451
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia29.98564411.593185
CanadaCANNorthern America21.55825912.332637
IndiaINDSouthern Asia19.56994733.217077
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia18.0882639.983045
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand17.8178216.046075
IranIRNSouthern Asia17.49321913.264195
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia11.2922464.562044
BrazilBRASouth America10.83335310.183286
IraqIRQWestern Asia10.0226712.899761
QatarQATWestern Asia9.8536852.123048
NorwayNORNorthern Europe9.1318641.152022
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia7.7008593.478030
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia7.0410571.782059
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa6.7426252.768346
MexicoMEXCentral America5.9538007.646589
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa5.6105865.428747
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa4.4648921.799401
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia4.3102443.827722
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4.2654766.755866
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa3.9078974.105354
ColombiaCOLSouth America3.8663801.559485
OmanOMNWestern Asia3.7495581.434847

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. China124.064050
  2. United States98.741121
  3. Russia61.014593
  4. Saudi Arabia29.985644
  5. Canada21.558259

Lowest

  1. Montserrat0.000007
  2. Guinea-Bissau0.000010
  3. British Virgin Islands0.000014
  4. Grenada0.000014
  5. Nauru0.000016

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.089639. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Primary energy consumed (quadrillion Btu)

    HighestChina153.382754

    LowestMontserrat0.000408

    Middle country: 0.194027

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 189values changed, of 204 in both
  • 115 · 74rose · fell
  • 15unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Russia64.073044 → 61.014593−3.058451
  • France4.321806 → 3.443497−0.878308
  • Nigeria5.071982 → 4.464892−0.607091
  • Ukraine2.339824 → 1.742098−0.597725
  • Libya3.099914 → 2.712708−0.387207

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 201 distinct values among 204

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 21 decimals. 2 countries share 0.000027. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 204 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. government work). No conditions at all. Crediting the publisher is still the courteous thing to do.

Cite this edition

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (2022). Primary Energy Production, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/2022

0645 held

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07Questions

Primary Energy Production, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest energy production in Primary Energy Production, 2022?

China, at 124.064050, of the 204 countries in the file.

What year does Primary Energy Production, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Primary Energy Production, 2022 cover?

204.

Where can I download Primary Energy Production, 2022?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Primary Energy Production, 2022 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Primary Energy Production, 2024.

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